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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="4" color="#6aa84f" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Call for proposals: <span></span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="4" color="#6aa84f" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Society for Linguistic Anthropology <span></span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="4"><font color="#6aa84f" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Interdisciplinary Public Engagement
Conference Fund</font><font face="georgia, serif"><span></span></font></font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="georgia, serif">(Deadline: October 1, 2017 for 2018
conferences)<span></span></font></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif">SLA announces an
initiative to fund conference submissions promoting the dissemination of
activist linguistic anthropology work at venues beyond the AAA meetings, in
order to promote collaboration across sub-disciplinary and disciplinary
boundaries. For example, SLA has supported special colloquia on linguistic
anthropology and social justice in previous years at the American Association
of Applied Linguistics conferences, and this year at LSA and elsewhere, although
support is not limited to AAAL or Linguistics-specific conferences. <span></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif">Up to <b>$500 per presenter for up to eight presenters,</b>
for reimbursement of conference travel expenses is available, with a <b>cap of $4,000 per year</b>. Conference
travel expenses include any combination of conference registration, air or
ground travel, hotel, and meals, and receipts are required for reimbursement.
While the session chair must be a current SLA member, presenters do not all
need to be SLA members. However, only current SLA members can receive the
travel reimbursement.<span></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif">We encourage
theoretically sophisticated, methodologically innovative proposals that enhance
public understanding of language in relation to social equality, challenging
problematic “common sense” language assumptions and ideologies. We particularly
encourage proposals that extend work pursued by the joint CfHR (<span>Committee for Human Rights) and SLA Committee on
Language and Social Justice (e.g. on </span>pejorative naming practices, language
policies, and typifications of language forms and practices that naturalize
inequalities) as well as AAA initiatives. We would prioritize accordingly,
assessing proposals as part of a general SLA initiative promoting public
outreach and education. <span></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif">The <b>deadline for applications</b> is <b>October 1, 2017</b> to fund conference
participation during 2018. This initiative is offered as a 2-3 year trial,
pending current budget exigencies and unknowns regarding SLA’s future journal
revenues and costs. Send completed applications & supporting materials to SLA
Secretary-Treasurer<span style="color:black"> Erika
Hoffmann-Dilloway (</span><a href="mailto:erhoffma@oberlin.edu">erhoffma@oberlin.edu</a><span style="color:black">) </span>for consideration by the SLA board.<span></span></font></p>
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